Agent Ceylan Calıskan told Turkish
media: ‘I talk closely with Demba Ba, he wants to play for a Turkish
club but I can’t comment on a transfer yet.’

Ba is on the fringes of Jose Mourinho’s squad. The Chelsea manager will watch Falcao playing for Colombia on Thursday as he considers bringing another striker in in January which will push Ba even further down the list of options.

Arsenal, West Ham and Newcastle have also shown interest in signing Ba in January.

Talented: But the striker is well down the Chelsea pecking order

Competition for places: Samuel Eto'o (left) and Fernando Torres have started the season strongly at Chelsea

He joined Chelsea last January for £7.5
million from Newcastle United and scored twice in 14 appearances in his
first season. However, Ba has made just three league appearances this
season.

Besiktas will need to sell first though. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) introduced a ruling last summer permitting only 10 foreign players per club in and allowing only six foreign players on the field at any one time for the 2013-14 season.